Teresa Vittucci is a Vienna born artist who is based in Zurich since 2015. Her practice is rooted in the field contemporary dance performance and investigates feminist and queer perspectives on pop culture, history, and religion. Subversive jokes are always part of the process, humour being an essential aspect of her work. Besides her extensive solo work, she also collaborates with other artists including Colin Self, Marilú Mapengo Namoda, Annina Machaz, Simone Aughterlony, Nils A. Lange, Michael Turinsky and Claire V. Sobottke, Melanie Jame Wolf and Theater HORA.
Teresa was awarded the recognition prize by the City of Zurich for her work as an outstanding performer 2018 and the Swiss Dance Prize for the first part of her trilogy HATE ME, TENDER in 2019. In 2022 she created RIDE on invitation by Centre Pompidou and Leopoldine Turbat as a response to the important feminist work of avantgarde artist and filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger. SACRE! - a collaboration with Annina Machaz and Theater HORA - premiered the same year. In fall of 2023 Teresa was invited by Deutsches Theater Berlin to revisit her solo, the result HATE ME, TENDER_revisited is part of the repertoire and regularly performed in Berlin. In March 2024 Teresa will premiere the third work of her trilogy at Tanzhaus Zürich.
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Teresa Vittucci
Swiss Dance Days: SACRE!
The scandal-ridden dance piece Le Sacre du Printemps, which culminates in the sacrifice of a young woman dancing herself to death, is reinterpreted by the ensemble of Theater HORA with plenty of humour. Bassoon or trumpet? God of spring or robot? Ritual or group pressure? And when does an index finger really become a lethal claw? In this production by Teresa Vittucci and Annina Machaz, the issues of the original are really shaken up. From costumes designed especially for SACRE! by the performers, the players emerge like caterpillars in ecstasy. The seasons go into fast-forward and a countdown against time begins. Who is to be sacrificed, then? And, most importantly: who not? Together with the performers, the viewers go on a trip and give in to this thrilling experience.
Part of Swiss Dance Days 2024
By and with Andy Böni,
Matthias Brücker, Cécile Creuzburg, Matthias Grandjean, Frank
Häusermann, Annina Machaz, Lucas Maurer, Serafin Michel, Teresa
Vittucci
Concept Teresa Vittucci, Annina Machaz
Choreography Teresa Vittucci, Annina Machaz, HORA Ensemble
Theater pedagogy Svenja Koch, Anna Fierz
Sound design Samuel Savenberg
Stage Michela Flück
Costumes Sophie Reble & HORA Ensemble
Assistanz director Emma Bertuchoz
Assistant stage designer Flora Bühlmann
Costume assistance Liv Senn, Andy Böni
Dramaturgical advice Benjamin Egger
Outside eye Yanna Rüger
Technical direction & lighting Robert Meyer, Micha Bietenhader
Production Management & diffusion Jörg Schwahlen
Artistic director HORA Yanna Rüger
A production by Theater HORA in co-production with Tanzhaus Zürich
Supported by
Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, Stadt Zürich Kultur, Ernst Göhner
Stiftung, Förderverein Theater HORA, Stiftung Züriwerk, Pro Helvetia